Rigby v. Boatright

Some evidence supported the trial court's finding that the decision of the defendant electric membership corporation's elections committee to disqualify the plaintiff from running for the board of directors was arbitrary and capricious.

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The Satilla Rural Electric Membership Corporation “Satilla” disqualified Jerry E. Boatright from running for the Board of Directors “the Board” seat representing Bacon County. Thereafter, both in his individual capacity and derivatively on behalf of Satilla’s members, Boatright sued Satilla and the individual Board members, as well as members of the Board’s Credentials and Elections Committee for injunctive and declaratory relief and for a writ of mandamus to place his name on the ballot for the Board election. The parties stipulated to certain facts and, after a hearing, the trial court granted Boatright a writ of mandamus, finding that the decision to disqualify him was arbitrary and capricious. Five members of the Board, Julian Rigby, Thomas J. Morris, Herman Sellers, Scott Day, and Fred C. Harrison, Sr. collectively “Appellants” appealed,1 and the Georgia Supreme Court reversed, holding that mandamus relief was not available to enforce the purely private right that Boatright asserted. Rigby v. Boatright, 294 Ga. 253, 254-256 751 SE2d 851 2013. Accordingly, the Georgia Supreme Court remanded the case to the trial court for consideration of Boatright’s requests for injunctive relief. Id. at 256.

On remand, the trial court reiterated that the decision to disqualify Boatright was arbitrary and capricious, granted Boatright’s requests for declaratory and injunctive relief, enjoined the Board from declaring Boatright disqualified and again ordered the Board to place Boatright on the ballot. Appellants appeal again to this Court,2 contending that 1 the trial court erred in finding that the decision to disqualify Boatright was arbitrary and capricious and 2 the trial court erred in granting Boatright injunctive relief. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Rigby v. Boatright

Some evidence supported the trial court's finding that the decision of the defendant electric membership corporation's elections committee to disqualify the plaintiff from running for the board of directors was arbitrary and capricious.

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